Antibaldness cap



Oct. 20,1925. 1.5575162 G. S M LEOD ANTIBALDNESS CAP Filed Oct. 10, 1923 INVENTOR Geo/ye .iMCZfOO ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 20, 1925 I exonera e-Mammogram snirrnnflwasnitneiron.

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'Inthe devices illustrated-in said patent there are "employed sweat band arranged to prevent th me-yer cap bearing against the wearers head in "manner i to compress or hiiicl'erthe' new at Blood through the arteries or veins whi'ehstppr noiirishmerit to'tlie hair tiponhis scalp.

Theobjectof the present invention is to provide a "head covering which will perform the function's attained bylszi'id patented devices and be of more simple and'inexpehsive construction;

More specific obj c t' sanil'advantages bf the'invention will appear in the following specification.

The invention consists in the novel con-, struction, adaptation and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing,

Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section on line 11 of Fig. 2 of a cap embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken substantially through 22 of Fig. 1,

parts being omitted. Fig. 3 is a perspective view illustrating the cap as worn. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of a persons head showing, diagrammatically, the principal blood channels, arteries and veins, leading to and from the scalp to illustrate the use of the invention.

Referring first to Fig. 4, the reference numerals 5-5 designate arteries located at the sides of the head and in front of the respective ears for conveying blood to the arterial branches, conventionally known as arterioles and capillaries, for supplying oxygen and other food matter to the roots of the hair in the scalp. The numeral 6 represents tributary veins extending from the scalp and converging at about an inch above the hat line in a main vein channel 7 which extends downwardly through about the mid- Width of the forehead.

As practically 95 per cent of the blood to Figs. 1 ends, e p fitlyingthe eat invention consifsits of e' wwv frro-,rmvia "a he'f '11', a"visor 12 anda sweat seamen entrant. I 1

9h ""he fo lfeail and "directly abbve filie eyebrows and located i'n hat line are.

"region's intlicatedfbyfS, h 'e'inafter desigfii'ated as neutral areas, ;i'n

' esent 'ihveneell I in carrying esp the preview a cape men is empt es to ten assesseshematite autr eiereas s and also at the back and sidfdf these-ed to the rear of the arteries ;5,floiit not'hgainst areas occupied by the arteries; f'antl veins ebove'mentioned."

ie the stewsastigpmieuan res- 'r'he; ffornied stilt remain 1-e.;1,era ee tger iecen "'dbottom taverin g'ei fab ""sirhilarto at'orthecrows; Thermedge of the'visor is formed with curved end portions to conform substantially with the curvature of the opposing portions of the wear ers head centrally of its width said visor being formed with a reentrant angle to afford a recess 15 of a substantialy V-shape as shown in Fig. 2.

The material of the crown 10 is cut away or formed to provide at each side a recess 16 which extends approximately from positions above the wearers ears to the adjacent ends of the visor. The crown is sewed or otherwise secured to the visor to follow the contour of the rear edge of the latter including that of the recess 15.

In the cap illustrated, is a strap 17 secured to the outside thereof by sewing as at 18 and 19 to the cap crown to the rear of and above the recesses 16. Said strap extends acrossthe respectiverecesses 16 and in front of'the latter the free ends of the strap are connected with each other as by meansof a buckle which is indicated by 20 in Fig. 2. Loops 21 secured to the opposite sides of the crown and in front of the respective recesses 16 may advantageously be employed to retain the strap in suitable position above the visor.

The adjustment of the'strap afforded by s e to ti a sen l 've ins jahfd arteries above ethe ar- "te'rles' and veins leading to "and ffro'r'n {the the crown in front of the forehead, indicated by dotted lines 23 in Figs. 1 and 2, and affords places, as at 24 Fig. 2, to bear against the neutral areas 8 of the head, whence it is apparent that the vein 7 will not be com' pressed when the cap is worn.

In like manner,the recesses 16 of the cap afford channels in opposed relations with respect to the arteries5 at the sides of the head topermit the free passage of blood through said arteries.

\Vhile I have illustrated and described the invention as embodied in a cap, do not wish to be understood as confining myself thereto as the same principle may be used with respect to a hat by substituting. for the visor a brim, denoted by dotted lines 25 in Fig. 2, with a V-shaped notch in the front portion thereof.

What I claim, is,

1. A head covering having a stiff visor formed in its rear portion with a centrally disposed relatively narrow recess of a substantially V-shape, a crown secured at its bottom directly to therear edge of said visor to retain the central front portion of the crown in spaced relation to the wearers forehead to provide interiorly of the crown an air passage, said crown being cut away to provide therein a recess at each side of the capand adjacent to the respective ends of the visor, a loop secured to the crown in proximity with each end of the visor, a strap sewed at the rear of the last named recesses to the crown, thence extending across said recesses of the crown and through said loops, and means for adjustably connecting together the ends of the :bearing surfaces to the crown with respect to the head at opposite sides of said recess.

3. A head covering having a stiff visor formed in its rear portion with a centrally disposed relatively narrow recess of a substantially V-shape, a crown secured at its bottom directly to the rear edge of said visor v to retain the central portion of the crown in spaced relation to the wearers forehead to provide interiorly of the crown an air passage, said crown being cut away to provide therein a recess at each side of the cap and adjacent to the respective ends of the visor, and a strap sewed at the rear of each of the last named recesses to the crown, thence extending across said recesses of the crown to in front of the latter.

Signed at Seattle, Washington, this 3rd day of October, 1923. I

' GEORGE s. MAOLEOD; 

